Debate over the News At Ten move continues to fill pages of the media trade press almost two years after ITV first vacated the 10pm slot. Now another row over the timing of the news is set to begin. Channel 5 is hoping to change its 6pm bulletin to 5.30pm when it begins screening Home… Continue reading C5 News Move Set To Test Regulatory Powers Again
Since the 1998 launch of the first digital TV service, UK growth has exceeded expectations. Last year saw continued penetration and there are now estimated to be more than 6m digital households in the UK.The successful heavy marketing and free hardware approach was boosted by increased channel choice, including the launch of Channel 4’s E4… Continue reading Feature: Another Year In The Life Of Digital TV
Virgin Radio has been named the highest ranking radio station in the US-based Arbitron Infostream listening figures for internet radio during November 2000, having grown its online listening by 40% since the end of 1999. Arbitron’s figures suggest that Virgin achieved a listener total of 237,000 aggregated tuning hours from the UK and abroad, by… Continue reading Virgin Radio Sees Workplace Listening Boost Online Audience
WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, has appointed Philip Lader, the outgoing US ambassador to the UK, as its new chairman. He will replace Hamish Maxwell who is retiring from the company. SMG has announced the appointment of a new executive director. George Watt, who has filled the position of group finance director in an… Continue reading Appointments Brief
‘Beauty Parades’ as a method of agency pitching in the modern media world are looking as anachronistic as Miss World does in the age of post-feminism, according to leading industry figures. The question of whether the process was “anachronistic and out of date” was put to the panel of Media Question Time on Monday night… Continue reading Should The Beauty Parade Agency Pitch Be Pensioned Off?
Two media companies released full year results yesterday, to differing reactions from the market. SMG announced the record pre-tax profits that analysts had anticipated, despite a year of heavy investment (see SMG Reports Record Pre-Tax Profits, Looks To Future Opportunities). However, shares ended the day at £2.40, the same as Monday’s closing price.United Business Media… Continue reading Sharewatch
Since the 1998 launch of the first digital TV service, UK growth has exceeded expectations. Last year saw continued penetration and there are now estimated to be more than 6m digital households in the UK. The successful heavy marketing and free hardware approach was boosted by increased channel choice, including the launch of Channel 4’s… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Another Year In The Life Of Digital TV
Forrester forecast that worldwide Net commerce, both B2B and B2C, will hit $6,789.8 million in 2004 according to latest figures, this figure represents 8.6% of total revenue gained through sales. Whilst North America will continue to dominate during this period of growth, other markets such as Western Europe will start to catch up as a… Continue reading Worldwide e-commerce Forecasts From Forrester
‘Will the continued fragmentation of media make it impossible to launch a new mass market brand in 20 years time?’, last night’s Media Question Time panel was asked. After a little rumination between the panel and the audience, Guardian assistant editor Emily Bell piped up with, “Fragmentation, my arse.”Bell then pointed out that online retail… Continue reading ‘The Opportunity For Mass Brands Has Never Been Better,’ Says Billett
When asked whether it matters what time that news is on ITV at Media Question Time last night, a panel of key media industry figures was unanimous in denouncing the Independent Television Commission’s decision to force ITV to move the news back to 10pm.Speaking to the BBC Radio Theatre audience, C5 marketing director Jim Hytner… Continue reading Media Panel Denounces ITC’s Handling Of The News At Ten Affair
